Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter.

Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a BA degree in English and Journalism. In 2002, Eastern Michigan University presented him with an honorary doctorate in humane letters. He married the mystery writer Deborah Morgan in 1993.

He is most famous for his novels about P.I. Amos Walker. Other series characters include Old West marshal Page Murdock and hitman Peter Macklin. He has also written a series of novels about the history of crime in Detroit (also the setting of his Walker books), and a more recent series about Valentino who tracks down lost films, and crimes related to them. His non-series works include Bloody Season, a fictional recreation of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and several novels and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes.

Bibliography

Amos Walker Books

• Motor City Blue (1980)
• Angel Eyes (1981)
• The Midnight Man (1982)
• The Glass Highway (1983)
• Sugartown (1985)
• Every Brilliant Eye (1986)
• Lady Yesterday (1987)
• Downriver (1988)
• General Murders (1988) 10 Amos Walker short stories
• Silent Thunder (1989)
• Sweet Women Lie (1990)
• Never Street (1997)
• The Witch Finder (1998)
• The Hours of the Virgin (1999)
• A Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000)
• Sinister Heights (2002)
• Poison Blonde (2003)
• Retro (2004)
• Nicotine Kiss (2006)
• American Detective (2007)
• The Left-handed Dollar (2010)
• Infernal Angels (2011)

Other Books

• The Oklahoma Punk (1976; AKA Red Highway)
• Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula; or, The Adventures of the Sanguinary Count (1978)
• The Hider (1978; western)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (1979)
• The High Rocks (1979; Page Murdock)
• Stamping Ground (1980; Page Murdock)
• Aces and Eights (1981; western)
• The Wolfer (1981; western)
• Murdock's Law (1982; Page Murdock)
• Mister St. John (1983; western)
• The Stranglers (1984; Page Murdock)
• Kill Zone (1984; Peter Macklin)
• This Old Bill (1984; western)
• Roses Are Dead (1985; Peter Macklin)
• Gun Man (1985; western)
• Any Man's Death (1986; Peter Macklin)
• Bloody Season (1987; western)
• Peeper (1989; Ralph Poteet)
• The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman (1989; selected by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg)
• Whiskey River (1990; Detroit series)
• Motown (1991; Detroit series)
• Sudden Country (1991; western)
• King of the Corner (1992; Detroit series)
• People Who Kill (1993) short stories
• Edsel (1995; Detroit series)
• City of Widows (1995; Page Murdock)
• Stress (1996; Detroit series)
• Billy Gashade: An American Epic (1997; historical)
• Jitterbug (1998; Detroit series)
• Journey of the Dead (1998; western)
• The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association (1999; historical)
• Thunder City (1999; Detroit series)
• White Desert (2000; Page Murdock)
• The Master Executioner (2001)
• Something Borrowed, Something Black (2002; Peter Macklin)
• Little Black Dress (2005; Peter Macklin)
• Gas City (2008)
• Frames (2008)
• Alone (2009)
• The Branch and the Scaffold (2009)
• Valentino: Film Detective (2011; short stories)

External links

• Official web site
• Loren D. Estleman's page at Macmillan.com
• Biography at Thrilling Detective web site

.